Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-29
RECEIVING THE CHAMPIONS.

The Dotro;t t Base Bah Team Royalty Re-
ceived on Their Return TO the City of the
Straits-von der Abe PhiIosophises-An-
other Defeat for the Browns-Preseta-
tions On the Diamond.
DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 25.-The big storm
to which nature treated the people of De-
tre55 Sunday night interfered somewhat
I sfs'Es siecraph connections from the city,
/ and that was the reason why the grand
reception which was to have been tender
| ed the new champions of the world on
/ their return to this city was spoiled. The
/ programme was pretty one. The special
! train was to have arrived at ten O'Clock,
/ and the Detroiters were to have been re-
ceived with open arms by the very best
people in the City by the Straits.
! The storm interfered with the
wires aud the result was that
| the train arrived at a. M, instead of
| ten and the best people had not yet come.
| A madder man than Mr.. Stearns would
have been hard to find All during the
| trip his face had glowed with pleasure
and satisfaction. Now it gloomed with
anger and disappointment. He was in
| favor Of holding the entire party at the
depot, but the Detroit players, who had
been holding long and earnest communi-
cations with the rosy the night before,
would have none of it, and they went up
town to see their friends and show
off their medals donated by Johnnie
| Wards wife (Helen Dauvray). OF
course this little contretemps put a decid-
edly unpleasant aspect on affairs, but the
reception had been arranged and every
body was determined to see it through,
and they did. At ten O'Clock line of
carriages stood before the Russell and in
them were seated the flower of the Detroit
| population. There were Mayor Chamber
lain, judges Of courts, civil and criminal,
municipal folks by the half dozen, prom
inen and well-known citizens by the score,
distinguished lawyers in bunches, leading
wholesale and retail merchants, and what
not. They were waiting for the
word to be given, and when it was
| they were driven to the depot preceded by
brass band Then the carriages holding
the officials of the two clubs, the cham
pions and the worlds champions fell into
| line, and the people on the streets of Detroit
were fed with views from all directions of
their much beloved base ball club and
they reveled in the sight, too. Detroit is
delirious over her new-found honors and
nobody blames her. For the first time
! since the Detroits took the pennant away
| from st. Louis, President Won der
| Abe was willing yesterday to talk
] about the matter. He said that
1 wi@.g, of course he disliked to re-
! lnquish the first place in the country, he
| did not feel badly over the loss. In fact,
| he said he was glad in way that the title
| had gone to Mr.. Stearns, for he seems to
| put an abstract value on it, of which any
| other baseball man in the country is in
| capable. Then again, st. Louis held it for
! two seasons, and has won the champion
shipof the American Association three
| times in succession, and Mr.. Won der Abe
| thinks that is honor enough. But Mr.. Won
der Abe said he had another reason for
| being satisfied with the loss of the
championship. That reason is this: The
! defeat of the Browns has helped consider
| ably to reduce their bump of self-conceit,
| and to show them that there are moments
! when another club can play stronger base
| ball than thew. This is an eminently
comforting feeling for Mr.. Won der Abe,
| for it furnishes him with a powerful
| weapon of defense when the question of
/ increased salaries comes up for the season
| of 1888. But the players do not look on ii
| in that light and still believe that if they
| had played their game the record would
! have been reversed, and they are right.
| They are not breaking their hearts over the
! affair, however, for the simple reason that
! their manager seems to carry their load
/ lightly, and the only thing which seems
to trouble them is the work they have
in prospect for the coming winter
! months.
| The season of 1887 closed here yesterday
| in a blaze of glory, and despite a keen
| atmosphere five thousand Detroiters saw
| the wind up. The game was a fine one,
and resulted in splendid victory for De-
troit the score standing TO 3.
| Decidedly the features of the day were
| the presentations to the players. Dan
Brouthers was the first victim, he getting
the handsome seylonite bat given by
| Spalding to the best batter in the Detroit
club. Tip O'Neil got handsome basket
of flowers from his Woodstock friends.
| Charley Cancel came next drawing a
handsome gold watch and chain, and then
| came the great event. A wheel barrow,
in the center of which was a large wooden
chopping filed to the brim with silver
dollars, 531 in all, was wheeled into the
! grounds aud was presented to Charley
| Bennett. A fife and drum band preceded
the barrow and played yankee Doodle"
! in q vigorous manner. Charley was COM
peeled to wheel the mint around the bases,
which he did amidst thunders of applause.
! After the excitement had subsidized, the
game proceeded. The Wolverines won
with ease, outbatting, outielding and
outrunning the Browns.
LYNCH LAW.
| A Pair of Black Scoundrels Get Their